From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: Hamdy Abou El Anein <info@daylightlinux.ch>
Cc: Hamdy Abou El Anein <hamdy.aea@protonmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts: git-resolve: search beyond ten body-only matches
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2026 07:55:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261104125544.3769405-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261104054340.10911-1-info@daylightlinux.ch>
On Wed, Nov 04, 2026 at 06:43:40AM +0100, Hamdy Abou El Anein wrote:
> The forced subject lookup asks git log for at most ten matches before
> checking their subjects. Since --grep also searches message bodies, ten
> newer body-only matches can hide an older commit with the requested
> subject.
>
> Match commit subjects directly, so body-only matches cannot hide an
> older subject and grep stops at the first matching subject.
Acked-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
--
Thanks,
Sasha
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-04 12:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-03 16:42 [PATCH] scripts: git-resolve: search beyond ten body-only matches Hamdy Abou El Anein
2026-11-03 17:26 ` Sasha Levin
2026-11-04 5:43 ` [PATCH v2] " Hamdy Abou El Anein
2026-11-04 12:55 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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